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North American A-5 Vigilante Bomber Plane

The North American A-5 Vigilante was built between 1956 and 1970, it was an aircraft carrier based agile supersonic nuclear bomber designed and built for the US Navy, a total of 158 aircraft being produced, it remained in service until early 1980. The change in policy towards a submarine launched ballistic missiles determent resulted in conversion of the A-5 Vigilante into a navel fast reconnaissance aircraft. It is of note that the Vigilante required high speed and a high angle of attack when landing, this made the pilots task a difficult and dangerous one on an aircraft carrier.

North American A-5 Vigilante Bomber Plane

 
North American A-5A Vigilante Specifications:
  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
  • Wingspan: 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m)
  • Height: 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
  • Empty weight: 32,700 lb (14,800 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 47,530 lb (21,580 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 62,950 lb (28,580 kg)
  • Engines: Twin 17,000 lbf (76 kN) General Electric J79-GE-8 afterburning turbojets
  • Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (1,320 mph, 2,123 km/h)
  • Range: 1,290 mi (2,075 km)
  • Service ceiling: 52,100 ft (15,880 m)
  • Rate of climb: 8,000 ft/min (40.6 m/s)

North American A-5A Vigilante Armament:

  • Single internally carried B28 or B43 nuclear gravity bomb
  • Twin B43, Mark 83, or Mark 84 bombs on external hard-points
 

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